[TheForge] half round staock

[Bruce .]

Little digging out needed in NJ recently.  It's been mid-30's, mostly.
I spent some time getting my forging press "on-line".  We made these in an
NJBA workshop about a year back, but I didn't have a table for it so never
got it up and running before.  It's a wicked thing -- powered by a HF
20-ton air-over-hydraulic jack.  I tested it on some bent stock that was
inconvenient (because too long to handle) to straighten by hammer and
anvil.  I've used one to forge a "Damascus" billet.

FWIW, the HF 90-A flux-wire welder (120 VAC -- works off a standard
circuit) is on sale this weekend only for $80.  Best price I've seen for
it.  I paid about $10 more for mine. It won't replace a big blue, but it's
portable and WILL weld fairly heavy stock if you pre-heat the stock (with
an ordinary propane torch).  I've been welding 1/2" and 5/8" square stock
to a 1/4" plate.  My welds are real sloppy, but that's probably more me
than the welder.

One tip -- throw away the crap HF flux-core wire and use a name brand.
Joseph Fazzio's in NJ advertizes name-brand 10-lb spool for less per lb
than HF sells their crap 2-lb spool .  (You'd have to rewind onto the
smaller spool or modify the HF welder to hold a 10-lb spool -- which
reportedly has been done.)

Bruce
NJ


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:

>
> Jerry wrote:
>
> >>It's been so quiet.
> >
> > Folk digging out maybe?
>
> Or frozen down to the outhouse seat. A 100 ft.extension cord and an
> electric tea kettle, that's the ticket.
>
> I know, I know, where you are, Jerry, cold is cold.  But here in Nova
> Scotia,  a run of nights at 0F rising reluctantly to 20F in the day is
> the usual thing in January but **not** in March.  Today's  brilliant
> sun and 34F but the last week or so has been bothersome.
>
> FWIW,
> - Mike
>
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> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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